Brooke Anderson is an Oakland, California-based organizer and photojournalist. She has spent 20 years building movements for social, economic, racial and ecological justice. She is a proud union member of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, CWA 39521, AFL-CIO.
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Jen Angel Wanted to Abolish Police and Prisons. She Wouldn’t Want Her Death to Be Used to Incarcerate Anyone.
Brooke Anderson
Labor
Indigenous Farmworkers Can Show How to Heal Our Burning Planet
Grape harvesters share traditional ecological knowledge to right our relationship with the land—and each other.
Brooke Anderson
Feature
“Today Is About Defending Democracy”: People Take to the Streets to Stop Trump's Attempted Coup
Oakland protesters say now is an important time to defend the election—and resist Trump’s efforts to undermine the vote.
Brooke Anderson
Dispatch
Union Teachers Are Donating Their Stimulus Checks to the Undocumented
Undocumented workers are excluded from unemployment protections and stimulus checks, but not from union solidarity.
Brooke Anderson
Dispatch
How Disabled Activists Are Fighting Isolation, Collectively
In the Bay Area, mutual aid projects are helping build community in a time of social distancing.
Brooke Anderson
Feature
Hundreds of Thousands Are Without Power Thanks to PG&E. This Shows Why We Need Public Ownership.
The utility giant's mass blackouts in California are just the tip of the iceberg.
Brooke Anderson
Feature
“UC for the Many, Not the Few”: Solidarity on the California Picket Lines, In Photos
Thanks to thousands of solidarity strikers, this was the largest strike of 2019.
Brooke Anderson
Labor
“Out Here Because I Love Teaching”: The Oakland Teachers Strike, In Photos
Brooke Anderson
Labor
The Other Victims of California’s Fires: Workers Inhaling Toxic Fumes
Brooke Anderson
Labor
Defending Undocumented Nannies, House Cleaners and Caregivers in Trump’s America
Brooke Anderson
Labor
Meet the L.A. Household Worker Taking On the Toxic Cleaning Industry
Brooke Anderson
Feature
This Father’s Day, Recognizing the Dads Who Are Left Out, Locked Up and Fighting for Their Families
For dads in the crosshairs of systemic oppression, the work of parenting often goes underappreciated.
Brooke Anderson
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